Links On The Chain chords by Phil Ochs

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: A augmentedA

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
D MajorD A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA
D MajorD A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA


verse 1:
A augmentedA                         C majorC        D MajorD    A augmentedA
Come you ranks of labor, come you union core
A augmentedA                           C majorC         D MajorD  A augmentedA
And see if you remember the struggles of before
     F# minorF#m                                D MajorD             E MajorE
When you were standing helpless on the outside of the door
         B minorBm               E MajorE           A augmentedA
And you started building links on the Chain
        B minorBm
On the Chain,
       D MajorD                E MajorE            A augmentedA
 you started building links on the Chain


verse 2:
 A augmentedA                                  C majorC      D MajorD   A augmentedA
When the police on the horses were waitin' on demand
 A augmentedA                                 C majorC       D MajorD        A augmentedA
Ridin' through the strike with the pistols in their hands
F# minorF#m                       D MajorD            E MajorE
Swingin' at the skulls of many a union man
       B minorBm              E MajorE          A augmentedA              B minorBm
As you built one more link on the chain, on the chain
       D MajorD               E MajorE           A augmentedA
As you built one more link on the chain

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verse 3:
 A augmentedA                                      C majorC      D MajorD       A augmentedA
Then the army of the fascists tried to put you on the run
A augmentedA                                C majorC       D MajorD         A augmentedA
But the army of the union, they did what could be done
         F# minorF#m                       D MajorD              E MajorE
Oh, the power of the factory was greater than the gun
        B minorBm             E MajorE            A augmentedA            B minorBm
As you built one more link on the chain, on the chain
        D MajorD              E MajorE            A augmentedA
As you built one more link on the chain


verse 4:
A augmentedA                      C majorC     D MajorD       A augmentedA
And then in 1954, decisions finally made
 A augmentedA                                   C majorC      D MajorD        A augmentedA
The black man was a-risin' fast and racin' from the shade
          F# minorF#m                          D MajorD         E MajorE
And your union took no stand and your union was betrayed
       B minorBm               E MajorE           A augmentedA             B minorBm
As you lost yourself a link on the chain, on the chain
        D MajorD               E MajorE            A augmentedA
As you lost yourslef a link on the chain


verse 5:
A augmentedA                                     C majorC        D MajorD       A augmentedA
And then there came the boycotts and then the freedom rides
A augmentedA                                       C majorC       D MajorD          A augmentedA
And forgetting what you stood for, you tried to block the tide
         F# minorF#m                     D MajorD              E MajorE
Oh, the automation bosses werre laughin' on the side
         B minorBm                   E MajorE            A augmentedA             B minorBm
As they watched you lose your link on the chain, on the chain
          D MajorD                    E MajorE           A augmentedA
As they watched you lose your link on the chain


verse 6:
 A augmentedA                                             C majorC     D MajorD      A augmentedA
You know when they block your trucks boys, by layin' on the road
 A augmentedA                          C majorC        D MajorD        A augmentedA
All that they are doin' is all that you have showed
         F# minorF#m                               D MajorD                E MajorE
That you gotta strike, you gotta fight to get what you are owed
             B minorBm                E MajorE            A augmentedA             B minorBm
When you're building all your links on the chain, on the chain
             D MajorD                 E MajorE           A augmentedA
When you're building all your links on the chain


verse 7:
A augmentedA                                               C majorC        D MajorD   A augmentedA
Amd the man who tries to tell you that they'll take your job away
A augmentedA                                        C majorC        D MajorD    A augmentedA
He's the same man who was scabbin' hard just the other day
         F# minorF#m                            D MajorD                E MajorE
And your union's not a union till he's thrown out of the way
          B minorBm              E MajorE            A augmentedA            B minorBm
And he's chokin' on your links of the chain, of the chain
          D MajorD               E MajorE            A augmentedA
And he's chokin' on your links of the chain


verse 8:
 A augmentedA                                     C majorC        D MajorD       A augmentedA
For now the times are tellin' you the times are rollin' on
 A augmentedA                                           C majorC         D MajorD      A augmentedA
And you're fighting for the same thing, the jobs that will be gone
         F# minorF#m                        D MajorD                  E MajorE
Now it's only fair to ask you boys, which side are you on?
           B minorBm                E MajorE            A augmentedA            B minorBm
As you're buildin' all your links on the chain, on the chain
           D MajorD                 E MajorE            A augmentedA
As you're buildin' all your links on the chain